Comp Band Schedule
2024 Schedule
Saturday, January 27 – Music Social
Tuesday, January 30 – Jazz Assembly (during school)
Friday, February 2 – North Penn Jazz Festival
*6:55pm - Lab Band, 8:10pm - Comp Band
Saturday, February 10 – National Jazz Festival (Comp only)
*11:00am - Comp Band
Friday, February 16 – Phoenixville Jazz Festival
Friday, March 1 – Upper Moreland Jazz Festival
*6:25pm - Lab Band, 8:15pm - Comp Band
Tuesday, March 5 – Temple University Jazz Festival (Comp only)
Friday, April 5 – Ben Salem Jazz Festival
Friday, April 12 – Cavalcade Championships (Tentative)
Saturday, April 27 – Naptown Jazz Festival at University of
Maryland (Comp only)
2023 Results
The 2022-23 school year was very successful for La Salle's Comp Band.
Directed by Randy Kapralick, the band received the following honors:
North Penn Jazz Festival - 2/3/23
Emmett Sykes – Best Overall Soloist of the Night
Theo Peebles – Outstanding Soloist
Andrew Ferrante – Honorable Mention Soloist
Colin Leary – Honorable Mention Soloist
Steel Stacks Jazz Festival (Prelims) - 2/12/23
Superior Rating
Best Saxophone Section
Best Trombone Section
Andrew Ferrante – Best Overall Soloist of the Night
Theo Peebles – Outstanding Trumpet Soloist
Emmett Sykes – Outstanding Trombone Soloist
Cheltenham Jazz Festival - 2/24/23
Superior Rating
Best Saxophone Section
Best Trumpet Section
Colin Leary – Best Overall Soloist of the Night
Theo Peebles – Honorable Mention Soloist
Upper Moreland Jazz Festival – 3/3/23
Colin Leary – Best Overall Soloist of the Night
Andrew Ferrante – Outstanding Soloist
Theo Peebles – Outstanding Soloist
Emmett Sykes – Outstanding Soloist
Lower Merion Jazz Festival – 3/10/23
Superior With Honors Rating
Perfect Score from 1 of the judges (extremely rare)
Best Saxophone Section
Best Trumpet Section
Best Trombone Section
Best Rhythm Section
Andrew Ferrante – Outstanding Soloist
Theo Peebles – Outstanding Soloist
Kieran Kelly – Outstanding Soloist
Francis Martin – Outstanding Soloist
Steel Stacks Jazz Festival (Finals) – 3/19/23
First Place (21 competing bands)
Best Trumpet Section
Andrew Ferrante – Best Overall Soloist of the Night
Theo Peebles – Outstanding Trumpet Soloist
Emmett Sykes – Outstanding Trombone Soloist
National Jazz Festival – 4/22/23
First Place (11 Competing Bands)
Best Saxophone Section
Best Trombone Section
Andrew Ferrante – Superior Overall Musician (only award of its kind)
Kieran Kelly – Outstanding Soloist (1 of 3 awards of its kind)